İsmet Yılmaz

İsmet Yılmaz
MP
İsmet Yılmaz MP
	Yılmaz in 2011
Parliamentary Leader of the Justice and Development Party
	In office; 17 November 2021 – 2 June 2023
Preceded by	Naci Bostancı
Succeeded by	Abdullah Güler
Minister of National Education
	In office; 24 May 2016 – 10 July 2018
Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by	Nabi Avcı
Succeeded by	Ziya Selçuk
Minister of National Defense
	In office; 24 November 2015 – 24 May 2016
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Vecdi Gönül
Succeeded by	Fikri Işık
	In office; 6 July 2011 – 29 August 2014
Preceded by	Vecdi Gönül
Succeeded by	Vecdi Gönül
26th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
	In office; 1 July 2015 – 17 November 2015
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Ahmet Davutoğlu
Deputy	Naci Bostancı; Şafak Pavey; Koray Aydın; Yurdusev Özsökmenler
Preceded by	Cemil Çiçek
Succeeded by	İsmail Kahraman
Member of the Grand National Assembly
	In office; 12 June 2011 – 2 June 2023
Constituency	Sivas (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
Minister of Transport and Communication
	In office; 8 May 2007 – 29 August 2007
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Binali Yıldırım
Succeeded by	Binali Yıldırım
Personal details
Born	10 December 1961; Gürün, Sivas Province, Turkey
Party	Justice and Development Party
Education	Haydarpaşa High School
Alma mater	Istanbul Technical University (BS); Istanbul University (LLB); University of Southern California (MS); Marmara University (LLM); Ankara University (PhD);
Profession	Mechanical engineer; law consultant; civil servant; politician;
Cabinet	59th, 61st, 62nd, 64th, 65th

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İsmet Yılmaz (born 10 December 1961) is a Turkish politician who was a member of the Grand National Assembly from 2011 to 2023.

Previously he was Minister of National Defense and Minister of National Education. Yılmaz also briefly served as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a law consultant and mechanical engineer.